acedb 4.7 and solaris 8

I'm trying to get acedb 4.7 to run on Solaris 8, but when I when I try to
read a .ace file, the "open file" dialog opens up and my machine then goes
into a state of entropy -- all available memory (256Mb) fills up and it
begins to swap (695Mb) until it fills up all available swap space, then
acedb crashes and I have to login from another machine to kill my
Xsession. 4.3 and earlier seem to work fine, 4.7_? has the above
behavior. The same things happens if I try to do anything from the Admin
or Edit buttons.
I never get to the point of actually selecting which .ace file I want to
import. This happens with the available 4.7 binary as well as recompiling
the source.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jason Hill
Programmer III
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
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